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US 7,841,469 B2Granted
Corner post for use with an article having a contoured vertical edge
AssigneeSonoco Development, Inc.
InventorDavid B Muyskens
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Abstract
A corner post (10) for protecting a packaged article (50) having a curved vertical edge is provided. The corner post (10) comprises an outer wall (12) having first and second substantially planar outer wall members (14, 16) joined at a right angle along an outer corner (18), and a curvilinear inner wall (20) that conforms to the shape of the vertical edge.
Claims8
An elongated corner post (10) for protecting a packaged article (50) having a curved vertical edge, the corner post (10) comprising:
- an outer wall (12) having first and second substantially planar outer wall members (14, 16) joined at a right angle along an outer corner (18) and terminating in first and second outer wall vertical edges (11, 13);
- a first transverse end wall (28) extending from the first outer wall vertical edge (11) and terminating in a first inner wall vertical edge (19);
- a second transverse end wall (30) extending from the second outer wall vertical edge (13) and terminating in a second inner wall vertical edge (21);
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- a curvilinear inner wall (20) extending from the first inner wall vertical edge (19) to the second inner wall vertical edge (21), the inner and outer walls being laterally spaced from one another and joined at opposing ends by the first and second transverse end walls (28, 30) to define at least one hollow space (22) therebetween, the inner wall (20) having an exterior side facing away from outer wall (12), wherein the exterior side is one continuous concave curved surface contoured to conform to the curved vertical edge of the packaged article (50).
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A combination article and packaging system comprising:
- a packaged article (50) having at least one curved vertical edge;
- a packaging sleeve (40) positioned around the packaged article (50) and having at least one inside corner defining a right angle and having a rectilinear shape;
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- a corner post (10) interposed between the packaged article (50) and the packaging sleeve (40), the corner post (10) comprising an outer wall (12) having first and second substantially planar outer wall members (14, 16) joined at a right angle along an outer corner (18) and terminating in first and second outer wall vertical edges (11, 13), the outer wall (12) being in substantially abutting relationship with the packaging sleeve, a first transverse end wall (28) extending from the first outer wall vertical edge (11) to a first inner wall vertical edge (19), a second transverse end wall (30) extending from the second outer wall vertical edge (13) to a second inner wall vertical edge (19), and an inner wall (20) laterally spaced from the outer wall and extending from the first inner wall vertical edge (19) to the second inner wall vertical edge (21), the inner wall (20) having an exterior side facing away from the outer wall (12) that is one continuous concave curved surface that completely conforms to the curved vertical edge of the packaged article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.